The Rundown -- September 26

RFE/RL in the Media

# Jennifer Rubin op-ed in "Washington Post" on Iran points to RFE/RL's Cold War history

# "Moscow Times" cites Richard Solash's interview with Sen. Mary Landrieu

Syria

# Coalition of rebel groups rejects western-backed opposition coalition

# Syria's Islamist coalition

# "Where did Syria's Chemical Weapons Come From?" - Jannis Brühl, ProPubica

Russia

# 30 Greenpeace activists held in pre-trial detention in Murmansk

# Moscow's strategy for blocking EU path

# Moscow's many trade wars

# Russia's anti-gay parents vs. Elton John

# State department discusses large pictures of Putin

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# New website for Pakistan's LGBT community launched, blocked

# Pakistan earthquake creates a new island

# "Why Afghanistan May be NATO's Last Fight" - David Francis, The Fiscal Times

Caucasus

# "Azerbaijan Marks ‘Transparency’ Anniversary with Tightened Repression" - Lisa Misol, HRW

Central Asia

# Tajikistan presidential candidate shakes up campaign

# Missing Uzbekistan journalist appears in prison

Eastern Europe

# Ukraine and Belarus may face currency crises

# EU confident in Tymoshenko solution

Of Interest

# Bezos: Newspapers are a luxury item

# Internet access cut off in Sudan after third day of protest

# Lech Walesa says Poland and Germany should unite into single country

# Looking for a wife